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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why PM-CARES Is a 'Government Fund' and Well Within RTI Purview -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

Why PM-CARES Is a 'Government Fund' and Well Within RTI Purview -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

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published Published on Oct 7, 2021   modified Modified on Oct 8, 2021

-TheWire.in

The Union government submitted before Delhi high court that PM CARES Fund is “not a fund of Government of India and the amount does not go in the Consolidated Fund of India”.

While there is enough information already in the public domain to assert that PM-CARES Fund (Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund) is controlled by the Government of India, the Union government still wants to maintain that it is not. By insisting that it is a “public charitable trust” not related to government, the Narendra Modi government has made it clear that it fears public scrutiny.

Among evidence to suggest why the PM-CARES Fund is one established and actively promoted by the Government of India are the following.

1. Indian embassies abroad have been roped in for promoting the Fund.

2. It has been given exemption under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act (FCRA).

3. In the capacity of the Union government, it has reached out to and received contributions specifically for the Fund from corporates and public sector undertakings.

4. Thousands of crores raised in the name of Fund have been spent on purchasing ventilators, oxygen cylinders, vaccines, among other things in the fight against COVID-19 using government machinery and resources.

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TheWire.in, 7 October, 2021, https://thewire.in/government/reasons-why-pm-cares-is-a-government-fund-and-well-within-rti-purview


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